Keep reading for how to make vanilla bean sugar. Nothing beats sweet treats, but it takes something extra special to make them sweeter! Enter vanilla bean sugar! Vanilla bean sugar can be used instead of regular sugar, in your coffee, or for pretty much anything. You could substitute them for regular sugar when making cinnamon rolls, and some recipes even call for vanilla sugar specifically like Starlight Sugar Crisps. Real vanilla beans are superior and how to make vanilla bean sugar couldn’t be easier!
Ingredients you will need
- Vanilla Beans
- Sugar
Recipe Tips & Trips
I used vanilla beans taken straight from my homemade vanilla extract. This made the beans soaked and easy to remove the beans.
If you did not have vanilla beans, you could use vanilla paste!
How to make Vanilla Bean Sugar
Making vanilla bean sugar is so easy. I pulled 3 vanilla beans from my homemade vanilla extract and scraped the beans into 1.5 cups of sugar. Mix it up and it’s ready to be substituted in any recipe, added to coffee, or especially used in the Starlight Sugar Crips recipe! Watch the video below and learn how to make vanilla bean sugar
Vanilla Bean Sugar
Ingredients
- 3 Vanilla Beans
- 1 ½ Cups Sugar
Instructions
- Break up all the vanilla bean pods and the whole vanilla bean and add to a food processor with 1/2 cup sugar. Processor about 3-5 minutes or until most of the vanilla beans are completely ground up. Place a mesh strainer over a large bowl and pour the vanilla sugar through the strainer. Sift the sugar through the strainer and discard the large pieces that are left of the vanilla bean. Scoop the sugar into jars or tins.You can also make this without grinding the beans. Just simply break the beans in half and pour the sugar into the jars or tins. Submerge the vanilla bean in the sugar and screw the caps on. Let the sugar sit at leas 24 hours so the vanilla has time to flavor the the sugar. Leave the beans in the sugar at all times. The longer they sit, the better.
- Slice the vanilla bean pod and scrape the vanilla beans into the sugar.
- OPTIONAL: add the whole vanilla beans and sugar and add to a food processor. Process for about 3-5 minutes or until most of the vanilla beans are completely ground up. Place a mesh strainer over a large bowl and pour the vanilla sugar through the strainer. Sift the sugar through the strainer and discard the large pieces that are left of the vanilla bean.
Notes
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